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糖尿病 (táng niào bìng) — how to say "diabetes" in Chinese
糖尿病
Diabetes
noun
Character composition
糖
sugar
尿
urine
病
disease
Radicals / Keys
尸
Corpse
#44 · shī · 3 strokes
疒
Sickness
#104 · chuáng · 5 strokes
米
Rice
#119 · mǐ · 6 strokes
Collocations
控制糖尿病
kòng zhì táng niào bìng
control diabetes
糖尿病并发症
táng niào bìng bìng fā zhèng
diabetes complications
Examples
我奶奶每天吃药控制糖尿病。
My grandmother takes medicine every day to control her diabetes.
他有糖尿病。
He has diabetes.
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Diabetes in Chinese translation
"diabetes" in Chinese is 糖尿病 (táng niào bìng).
糖尿病 meaning in English
糖尿病 (táng niào bìng) means "Diabetes".
How is 糖尿病 pronounced?
It is pronounced táng niào bìng (written as tang niao bing, tangniaobing). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "diabetes" in Chinese characters?
It is written 糖尿病: 糖 has 16 strokes, 尿 has 7 strokes, 病 has 10 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK 3.0 level is 糖尿病?
糖尿病 is on the HSK 3.0 levels 7–9 word list. It is not part of the six-level HSK 2.0 lists.
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